Agent (for Acting)
DJW Talent
2 Union Square
Darlington
Co Durham DL1 1GL
Tel: 07855-505551
www.djwtalent.co.uk
daniel@djwtalent.co.uk
For music: contact James direct
The stage
In a career now spanning more than
30 years, James is at equally at home with Shakespeare, Orton,
Schaffer... and pantomime.
The list of roles you see here is
not exhaustive: merely illustrative of his wide experience in both
serious and comic theatre.
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Theatre roles
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This is a list of the
stage roles James has played over the years.
The photo here is from the 2005 production of Great Expectations.
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Appearances by year
2025
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| EH7 |
Various |
Citadel Arts |
Mark Kydd |
2024
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| McScrooge |
McScrooge |
Citadel Arts |
Mark Kydd |
| Old Git - It's a Con! |
Solo performance |
Edinburgh Fringe |
. |
| Tales from the Towpath |
Various |
Citadel Arts |
Mark Kydd |
2023
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Malky |
Granda, Jake |
Citadel Arts |
Mark Kydd |
2022
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Love and Madness |
Arlecchino / prophet |
Shifting Sands |
Gerry Flanagan |
2019
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Story Builders |
King / Troll /
Co-deviser |
Interactive storytelling
collective |
The company |
2018
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Story Builders |
King / Troll /
Co-deviser |
Interactive storytelling
collective |
The company |
2015-16
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Cinderella |
Baron Hardup |
Imagine Theatre, Adam Smith Theatre Kirkcaldy |
.. |
| Nijinsky's Last Jump |
Old Nijinsky |
Company Chordelia |
Kally Lloyd-Jones |
| Rapid Departure |
Albert |
Right Lines Theatre Company |
Mark Saunders |
2015
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Messages from a Mental Institution |
Man |
The Elements Theatre Company |
Corinne Harris |
| The Choir |
(Development) |
Glasgow Citizens' Theatre |
Dominic Hill |
2014
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Lockerbie: Lost Voices |
Al |
The Elements Theatre Company |
Corinne Harris |
| Chaplin |
Old Chaplin |
Ace Productions |
Sven Sid |
| Messages from a Mental Institution |
Man |
Elements Word Theatre |
Corinne Harris |
2013
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Sleeping Beauty |
King Cuthbert |
Imagine at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness |
Steven Wren |
| Lockerbie: Lost Voices |
Al |
The Elements Theatre Company |
Corinne Harris |
2012
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| MacPherson's Rant |
Angus |
Byre Theatre |
Kally Lloyd Jones |
| Group portrait in Landscape (reading) |
Moon |
Traverse Theatre |
Orla O'Loughlin |
| Peter and the Wolf |
Narrator |
Open Orchestra |
Andrew Lees |
2011
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Handling Bach |
Handel |
Nonsenseroom |
Bruce Strachan |
| The Government Inspector |
Dobchinsky |
Communicado |
Gerry Mulgrew |
2010
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| The Apprentice |
William St Clair |
Nonsense Room |
Bruce Strachan |
2009
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Beggars Opera |
Peachum |
Vanishing Point |
Matthew Lenton |
| The Sweetener |
Ed (solo performance) |
Arts in Motion |
Dave Smith |
2007
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Of Mice and Men |
Boss |
Perth Theatre |
Ian Grieve |
2005
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Great Expectations |
Wemmick / Co-composer |
Perth Theatre |
Graham McLaren |
| Use Once and Destroy |
Jack |
Squidge Productions |
Martin Daraz |
| Jha Rags |
Narrator |
Native Flame Company |
Gail Pallin |
2003
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Cinderella |
Baron Hardup |
Brunton Theatre |
. |
| Julius Caesar |
Various |
Lyceum Theatre |
David M Thomson |
| A Most Curious Murder |
Director |
Recusant Prodns |
. |
2002
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Without a Trace |
Ingenhousz |
Sounds of Progress |
Gerda Stevenson |
2001
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Sleeping Beauty |
King/MD/composer |
Brunton |
David M Thomson |
| The Gentle Shepherd |
Sir William |
Concerto Caledonia |
Andrew McKinnon |
2000
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Romeo and Juliet |
Capulet |
Brunton |
David M Thomson |
| Aladdin |
Abanazar/MD |
Brunton |
David M Thomson |
1999
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Confessions of a Justified Sinner |
6 parts |
Brunton |
David M Thomson |
1997
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Run for Your Wife |
John Smith |
Perth |
Michael Winter |
| Funny Peculiar |
Harry Asquith/Desmond Ainsley |
Perth |
Michael Winter |
| As You Like It |
Touchstone |
Perth |
Michael Winter |
| The Mating Game |
Mike |
Perth |
Michael Winter |
1996
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Pygmalion |
Doolittle |
Lyceum |
Hugh Hodgart |
| Portrait of a Woman |
Lacroix |
Communicado |
Gerry Mulgrew |
1995
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Slab Boys |
Curry |
Byre |
Ken Alexander |
| Untied We Stand |
Husband |
Highland Festival |
Alasdair Cording |
| Caucasian Chalk Circle |
Herald / MD |
Lyceum |
Gerard Murphy |
1994
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Twelfth Night |
Feste |
Lyceum/Salisbury
/Tour of China |
Debora Paige |
1993
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Loot |
Truscott |
Byre |
Catriona Taylor |
| School For Wives |
Pianist/Various |
Lyceum |
Ian Woolridge |
| The Pilgrim's Progress |
Asst Director |
Edinburgh Grand Opera |
Gerry Mulgrew |
| Sunshine Boys |
Eddie |
Lyceum |
Maureen Lipman |
1992
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Arsenic and Old Lace |
Sergeant |
Lyceum |
Ben Twist |
| Cuttin' a Rug |
Curry |
Lyceum |
Ben Twist |
| Turandot |
Asst Director |
Edinburgh Grand Opera |
Gerry Mulgrew |
| Hobbit |
Writer/Asst Dir |
Texaco Smr School |
Annie Inglis |
| Beauty and the Beast |
Father |
Lyceum |
Hugh Hodgart |
1991
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| 84 Charing Cross Road |
Frank Doel |
Byre |
Maggie Kinloch |
1990
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Duchess of Malfi |
Bosola |
Royal Lyceum |
Hugh Hodgart |
| Danton's Death |
Lacroix |
Communicado |
Gerry Mulgrew |
1989
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Improbabilities |
Various |
Loose Exchange |
Nigel Halon |
| Cinderella |
King John/Black Douglas |
Royal Lyceum |
Hugh Hodgart |
1988
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Man With the Hoe |
Dad |
Loose Exchange |
Nigel Halon |
| Germinal |
Levaque |
Paines Plough |
Pip Broughton |
1985
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Book Depository Blues |
Superintendent |
Cakes and Ale |
Sydnee Blake |
1984
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Noonday Demons |
St Eusebius |
London Dungeon |
Lynne McVernon |
| Insignificance |
Professor |
Westcliff |
Barbara Houseman |
1982
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Accounts |
John Duff |
Westcliff |
Jeremy .. |
| Ella's Fella |
Dee / MD |
Cafe Encore, London |
Kevin Williams |
| Wizard of Oz |
Wizard of Oz |
Croydon Ashcroft |
Peter Clapham |
| Spider's Web |
Inspector Lord |
Westcliff |
Chris Dunham |
1981
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Amadeus |
Venticello 3 |
National Theatre |
Giles Block |
1980
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Ragman |
Tantalus/Demetrius |
Westminster |
Neil Fitzwilliam |
| A Bedful of Foreigners |
Karak |
Tour |
Terry Scott |
| Rock Nativity |
Innkeeper/Daw |
Reading Hexagon |
Jeremy J Taylor |
1979
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Barricade |
Joachim |
Paines Plough |
John Adams |
| Six Feet Apart |
Loudon |
Paines Plough |
Howard Kingston |
| The Messiah of Ismir |
De Tournefort |
Paines Plough |
John Adams |
| Pinocchio |
Gepetto |
Pocket Theatre |
David Robertson |
1978
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Odyssey |
Various |
Theatre Workshop |
The Group |
| Commedia Dell Arte |
Various |
Theatre Workshop |
The Group |
| A Spy Tale |
Various |
Theatre Workshop |
The Group |
| Blockbuster |
Monkey/Lover etc |
Theatre Workshop |
Andrew Dallmeyer |
| Inuit |
Berdon |
Paines Plough |
John Adams |
1977
| Production |
Role |
Company |
Director |
| Twelfth Night |
Valentine |
Bolton Octagon |
Wilfred Harrison |
| Othello |
Various |
Bolton Octagon |
Wilfred Harrison |
| As You Like It |
Amiens |
Bolton Octagon |
Felicity Taylor |
| Beowulf |
Beowulf |
Theatre Workshop |
The Group |
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